Machine for turning points of collars



{No Mdel.) u A. E. GRANT. n MAGNINE PON TURNING POINTS oF COLLAR-s. No.559,279.

, Pateted Api'. 28, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT UEEICE.

ALBERT E.V GRANT, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

Y MAcHiNE FORMTURNING PolNTs oF'coLLARs.-

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 559,279, dated April28, 1896. i

Appliatibn filed llovemlier 17, 1894. VSerial No, 529.170. (No modeLl li T all whom z may concern:

Beit known that I, ALBERTE. GRANT, a eilizen oi' 'the United States,residing at the city ef-Troy, county of Rensselaer, State el New.

feetualmachinefor turning the points of a collar in a uniform andpositive manner after the collar has been laundered. l attain this Aobject'by means of the mechanism illust-rated In the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure l is a plan. Fig. 2 is a section along theline I I on Fig. l, and Fig. 3 is a view of part of a collar with itspoint turned over.

Similarlettersrefertosimilarparts throughout the several' views.

Upon the table A, l place the metallic plate li, provided withdownwardly-proj ectin g sides and ends 1) and supportedupon the table bythe legs (Lor in any suitable manner. Beneath the top yof theplate l5, Iplace a gasburner E, supplied with gas by the pipe D, the gas-burnerEpassing across the plate from side to side and just below the same atabout midway betweenl its ends. Upon the upper surface of the plate Iarrange the' guides 11 and G,usuall y constructed of 1netal,T-sl1aped,the shank slotted, adjusted by means of the bolts f and g.. To the rearof the upper su r face of the plate l ,-I hinge the plate J, whichextends forward .to that portion of the plate l5 beneath which theburner E is located; The plate J- is provided with a bolt j, whichextends downward into the lug k, projecting' upward in the recess Kinthe plate B, and about which lug is a spiral spring L, which has itsseats on` the bottom of the recess IK' .and the under side of the plateJ. The plate .l is provided with the slot J', through which the bolt jpasses, and upon which the plate vmay be niove'd.

To the forward end of the plate l is at- I tached the rod' lll, whichpasses through the plate l2, throi'lgh the table A, and 'is secured tothe lever N which lever is l'ulcr'umed to the legs ol' the table at'n,as shown in Fig. 2. As thus arranged, the lever N becomes a treadle forthe purpose of forcing don-'nward lthe plate J.

ln addition to 'the guides F and G referred to ll also arrange upon theplate B, close to the edge oi' the plate .i and on each side of said,plate, the guides O and l), which are provided. with. slots and boltsfor adjustment, and are pointed, having upwardly-projecting lugs o andy) at the point, one of which is shown in Fig.

The operation of my mechanism is apparent. A collar S is placed in theposition shown in Fig'. l, dircctml bythe guides F and P. The plate J isbrought down by pressing the foot upon the lever N. The heat from theand the operator turns the collar over upon the plate .l as shown bydotted lines in Fig. l.

For the purpose of preventing the projecting` ends oli' the collarinterfering' with the process l arrange at each of the forward eerncrsol' the plate .l openings T T through the plate i3, which will allow theprojecting ends to turn therein. lfig. i shows the collar after one elits peint-s has been turned down. Upon 'removing the foot `from thetreadle the spring L will raise the plate J, the collar is removed, andthe other point is turned by inserting it beileath the plate directed bythe guides G and O.

as set forth.

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burner E makes the line of ereaseilexible lVliat l claim asinyinvention, and desire

